Poisonous in Medical News

Study finds that recalled Aqua Dots did contain poisonous chemical

Reports of children becoming unconscious after swallowing Aqua Dots beads led to a voluntary recall of the product in November 2007. At the time, it was widely reported that the potentially toxic chemical 1,4-butanediol (BD) had been used in place of the benign but more expensive 1,5-pentanediol (...

Lead With a Poisonous Electron Shield

It has been speculated that lead poisoning may have played a role in the fall of the Roman Empire: it is thought to have been caused by the concentration of grape juice// in lead containers. Though the introduction of lead-free gasoline has reduced damage to the environment, the annual produ...

Four of Family Died After Consuming Poisonous Mushrooms

Four children of a Himachal Pradesh village died after eating wild poisonous mushrooms while their mother is still recovering//. According to police officials, MangatRam, 12, Begma, 8, Neelma, 5, and Jaywanti, 2, died Friday in Thanhaar village in the Kullu valley, some 240 km from here. ...

Lakhs of Indians Exposed to High Levels of Poisonous Gases

New Delhi: Millions of Indians are being exposed to high levels of poisonous gases, including cancer-causing volatile organic compounds and sulphur fumes//, and the country lacks the mechanism to monitor or regulate these toxins, according to a report relased here today. Titled 'Smokescreen: A...

Investigators Find Poisonous Chemicals In Four More Drugs In China

The authorities yesterday have announced that four more drugs made by a Heilongjiang Province drug maker in the center of a medical scandal are tainted with a poisonous industrial chemical. // It was found that patients receiving treatment in a local hospital in Guangzhou, capital city of so...

Hong Kong Citizens Fear over Poisonous Vegetables in Local Markets

Concerns of citizens over the poisonous vegetables found in local markets has paved for the establishment of a voluntary registration system// for local farms. Additionally, supermarket chains in Hong Kong would be required to set up a comprehensive tracking system for farm produce, according to of...

Caution: Apricot Seeds May Be Poisonous

The Government's food watchdog warned the public about the poisonous nature of the apricot seeds. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that the seeds// if consumed in larger quantities could be fatal. It is said that they can produce cyanide and result in death. A maximum of two bitter apric...

Artificial liver for drug tests

... can change when transformed or broken down many drugs are only metabolized into their therapeutic active form in the liver, while others can develop poisonous substances. The researchers have demonstrated the basic possibilities for use of the tissue models liver, skin, intestine and windpipe. At the momen...

Connecting the Dots: For the First Time a Safety Report Links Research on a Child's Development and the Risk of Unintentional Injury With Age-Appropriate Safety Recommendations

...tipping over on them if they try to climb on it. Keep medicines and poisonous household items locked up and out of reach. Also, choose products with chil...ear a seat belt every time. Talk to your child about the dangers of poisonous items such as gasoline, spray paint and medicines. "Your...

Poison Dressed as an Easter Bunny

...hocolate but they all have one thing in common. In spite of the innocent and well meaning feelings and traditions behind them, they are basically poisonous to the human body. At least that is the position taken by noted anti-aging expert Dr. Dave Woynarowski MD. "Chocolates have been changed so m...

Poison Prevention Requires Diligence

...s, in their original containers to prevent accidental misuse. This will also keep necessary information handy if a problem does occur. Never leave poisonous products unattended when using them. Lock poisons, cleaning supplies and similar products in a storage area -- a cabinet, closet or shed -- that c...

Replace Smoke and CO Alarm Batteries This Sunday for Daylight Saving Time

...ancy Nord. "Properly working smoke and CO alarms can alert you to a fire or poisonous carbon monoxide in your home and give you valuable escape time." An es...nts from 2003 through 2005. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas that consumers cannot see or smell. There was an annual average of 171 ...

USP announces new standards to protect patients from counterfeit and adulterated medicines

...cerin, used in many drugs and consumer goods such as cough syrups and toothpaste, has been involved in numerous episodes in which diethylene glycol, a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze, was added either intentionally or accidentally as a lower-cost substitute for glycerin, most recently in Nigeria in 2008....

Collagen VI may help protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease

...ucke's team examined the direct interactions of collagen VI with Aβ. They looked at how Aβ attacks individual neurons in cell culture. Small poisonous Aβ assemblies, called oligomers, bind strongly to vulnerable neurons in the brain, but in the presence of collagen VI, this binding was blocked. ...

Get Radon On Your Radar

...ember 8, 2008 -- You can't see it, smell it or taste it - but it is in your home and it can kill you. What is it? Radon - an invisible, odorless and poisonous gas that causes tens of thousands of deaths each year. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer (number one among non-smokers) in the United Sta...

'Tis the Season for Carbon Monoxide

...lu-like symptoms, fatigue, impaired judgment or confusion. "With minor exposures many people will quickly recover after being removed from the poisonous environment," says Niezgoda. "However, some people will show delayed symptoms, so if you have been exposed to carbon monoxide, you should go to the em...

Vitamin Holds Promise for Alzheimer's Disease

...e disease." The vitamin appears to work by clearing "tangles" of a protein known as tau in brain cells. In Alzheimer's disease, the protein becomes poisonous and contributes to dangerous clogging inside brain cells. The vitamin holds promise for people, because it's cheap -- Green bought a year's supply ...

Gold Standard Re-launches ToxED Clinical Toxicology Poisoning and Drug Overdose Reference

... most unique features of ToxED is its plant and mushrooms database. Often burdened with having to search for case reports on people who may have eaten poisonous berries, for example, clinicians can now consult ToxED to retrieve specific, actionable advice, including a picture of the berry, a description of the...

Celebrate Halloween Safely This Year With Tips From the California Poison Control System

...ation in case of poison exposure. "Parents can reduce some of the fear of poisonous exposures from Trick-or-Treating by following a few simple guidelines," sai...e treatment advice and assistance over the telephone in case of exposure to poisonous or hazardous substances. The CPCS is California's leading source of poison ...

Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries

...ry damage to cells that occurs after the initial injury. "When cells are injured, they produce natural toxins," Borgens said. "Acrolein is the most poisonous of these toxins. It's an industrial hazard for which hydralazine is an antidote." Borgens and his team introduced acrolein into cells and then trea...

Children's calorie expenditure, heart rate increase during active video games

...tivity in the context of contemporary society, we will have to fight fire with fire. Physically active video gaming may be part of the antidote to the poisonous growth of sedentary entertainment." "Some previous research has shown that reducing sedentary entertainment can beneficially affect body compositio...

Fortified cassava could provide a day's nutrition in a single meal

...gineered the cassava plant so it can resist the crop's most damaging viral threats and are refining methods to reduce cyanogens, substances that yield poisonous cyanide if they are not properly removed from the food before consumption. The reduction of cyanogens also can shorten the time it takes to process th...

Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

...eatment -- with the advantage of short exposure time, which limits how avidly CO can bind to hemoglobin," Loop said. This is important, because the poisonous effects of CO occur when it's allowed to freely bind to hemoglobin within red blood cells. The study was published in the May issue of Anesthesiol...

CSHL scientists are part of consortium that sequences platypus genome

...platypus is an odd creature. Its got a broad, rubbery bill that brings to mind a duck.but it swims more like a beaver.yet it lays eggs and can inject poisonous venom, like a reptile. No wonder it was considered an elaborate hoax by scientists who examined the first specimen pelt shipped to England from the c...

Veterinary Pet Insurance Data Reveals Well-Intended Pet Owners Unknowingly Poisoning Their Pets

...n, or water pollutants. 10. Antifreeze (36 claims) -- The sweet taste of antifreeze appeals to pets. While most people are aware of the poisonous potential of antifreeze, they may not notice a pool collecting from a leak beneath a car. Regularly give a glance beneath the car and clea...

USP announces revised glycerin monograph

...s used as a sweetener in formulations of many pharmaceutical syrups and in other consumer articles as well, such as toothpaste. Diethylene glycol is a poisonous chemical used in industrial solvents and antifreeze. Over many years, accidental or intentional adulteration of drugs with diethylene glycol has occu...

AVMA: Keep Pets Safe This Easter

...sorted goodies. But, if you're one of the lucky recipients, make sure you or your children find these traditional gifts before your pets. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs and cats, and many other treats found in a traditional Easter basket are equally as dangerous. Dr. Gregory S. Hammer, president of the Ameri...

'The Northern Illinois University Murders Due to 'Chemical Imbalances' or 'Chemical Balancers' - Drugs?' - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurologist/Child Neurologist

... testified: "I would like to point out that every drug, however innocuous, has some degree of toxicity. A drug, therefore, is a type of poison and its poisonous qualities must be carefully weighed against its therapeutic usefulness." Such a scientific, weighing of the risks vs. the benefits of psychiatric medi...

The Great Safety Adventure(R) Traveling Home Safety Exhibit Kicks Off Tenth Anniversary Tour

...ren begin their tour as "safety rangers-in-training" and are on the lookout to identify common home dangers such as toys and games left on the stairs; poisonous cleaning supplies in easy-to-reach cabinets; protruding pot handles on the stove; and unattended electrical appliances near water. Equipped with fla...

Synthesis of natural molecule could lead to better anti-cancer drugs

... or quills, so they have developed a different kind of defense mechanism: chemical protection. The sponge and/or bacteria hosted by the sponge produce poisonous compounds to ward off enemies. This chemical factory makes sponges rich sources of interesting natural products, many with cell-killing abilities. ...

EPA grant to UC engineering makes for a better environment

...ally using sunlight and an environmentally friendly catalyst. Some of the cyanobacterial toxins are even more toxic than the venom produced by many poisonous snakes, says Dionysiou, associate professor of environmental engineering. These toxins have even been included in the list of chemical or biological w...

A 'Happy New You' in the New Year

...s said, "The complaint-free challenge has helped me to become happier with my work relationships and at home. My negative attitude was contagious in a poisonous way, but my new positive attitude is contagious in a healing way." "Complaining is like bad breath," said Bowen, "you notice it when it comes out ...

Winter Brings Pet Hazards

... tree stands -- The mixture of pine sap, water and fertilizers become a poisonous concoction for pets -- Keep holiday plants out of pets' reach -- Many festive arrangements, such as poinsettias, mistletoe, holly and lilies are poisonous plants -- Pick up any ornament hooks, tinsel or ribbon -- Pets can experie...

US Rejects More Food from India Than from Any Other Country

...bribes to approve untested medicine. China in consequence has prohibited its manufacturers from making toothpaste with diethylene glycol, a poisonous industrial solvent that had been found in countless toothpaste tubes sent to many countries around the world. Toothpaste usually contains glycerine, a...

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

...ed was too small to be harmful. Dr. Lewis S. Nelson, Dr. Richard D. Shih and Michael J. Balick, have produced a book called the 'Handbook of poisonous and Injurious Plants'. This book will be quite useful for health care professionals identify and treat plant-caused injuries. It will also be a guide ...

New Book Gives Gruesome Account of India Girl Killings

... India's unwanted baby girls have been drowned in milk, burned alive in sealed mud pots or fed milk laced with poisonous seeds, but these days it is much easier to kill them in the womb . These are some of the chilling anecdotes in a new book on how a traditional...

Brits Experiencing Moth Trouble With Their Cashmeres

...ktail of chemical insecticide and deodorant, mothballs are the traditional way of dealing with the household moth. Soaked in naphalene they emit a gas poisonous to moths and their larvae. Freeze your Cashmeres: Keeping your cashmere in the deep freeze may seem extreme but many believe it is the best so...

Louisiana Residents Warned Against Brown Recluse Spiders

... A poisonous brown widow spider, a cousin to the well-known black widow, is increasingly being spotted in Louisiana, experts say . It is belongs to a group th...

Children Using Slide in Playground Treated for Exposure to Poisoning

...happened to the kid, but a few in the vicinity could apparently figure out something had gone wrong. Health authorities described the chemical as poisonous if swallowed and also toxic if absorbed through the skin. They have identified the substance as a type of organophosphate compound. Organophospha...

Rise in Cigarette Use may Elucidate Asthma Epidemic in Children

...majority of children with asthma. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) inhaled accidentally by non-smokers has an elevated concentration of some poisonous substances than the smoke inhaled by smokers, such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Children breathe more air than adults and have narrower airw...